Memento Review

Release Date: 20 October 2000

Age Certificate: 15

Running Time: 113 mins

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano

Review

Memento is a fantastic psychological thriller made in the year 2000. It was written and directed by, in my opinion the best director, Christopher Nolan. I like him so much I am going to review quite a few more of his films, all leading up to his upcoming blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises. Anyway, back to Memento, it stars Guy Pearce, playing the role of a confused man with amnesia, by the name of Leonard Shelby.  He suffers from short term memory loss, only recalling memories before his wife died. Every fifteen minutes his memory is wiped. To overcome this problem, he has to jot down reminders on post-it notes, take Polaroids and finally tattoo himself with brief messages. The notes mainly include who he has to find and most importantly who he thinks killed his wife. Another star in Memento is Carrie-Ann Moss (from The Matrix and Disturbia), who plays a bartender and a girlfriend of a drug dealer. She goes through the wars.

The unique thing about this film is... IT’S A FILM IN REVERSE! How many films can you say that about? That’s what makes it a modern great. It certainly appeals to a certain type of audience; you could say that about most of Christopher Nolan’s films. It definitely climbs right to the top of the cleverest films made. The other contenders would be, The Usual Suspects, The Prestige and Inception. Two of the three films I just mentioned were also written and directed by Christopher Nolan. That just shows you how much respect I give towards the man. A fantastic film, it keeps you guessing throughout with a very high IQ.

9.8/10

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